Archive:September, 2009

Rising Sun Brushes

 

So I have learned a lot about using Photoshop over the last year, by making graphics for the site.  I’m by far just starting out and today I was reminded of that.  I have spent hours working on the crazy patterns used on graphics, dubbed “Rising Sun”.  The idea is pretty popular across the internet [...]

iSight Barcode Scanner Code

 

I ran across another Mac shareware team I’d never heard of, Bruji, makers of the “Pedia” software, such as Bookpedia, CDPedia, and DVDPedia. Looks a lot like Delicious Library, except split up into different applications. What is interesting here is the little gem I found on the website in some sample code and open-source frameworks. [...]

iPhone Musical

 

This clip is just wonderful, a quick musical about the iPhone. What makes it even better is that the author got people waiting in line at the Manhattan store to sing along too. Found via | Australian Mac

Nifty Tab Navigation

 

I’ve given much thought to the wonders of tabbed navigation in website design, but today I ran across a wonderful example that is brilliant in it’s simplicity. What I’m trying to accomplish is a row of tabs, but the current selected one being a different color. There are all kinds of ways to accomplish this, [...]

New Homepage

 

I’ve been working on a new homepage for the site when I’ve had time over the last month or more and it’s finally online. Just check out http://www.macfanatic.net and leave a few comments about the design or if you have any problems with it.

Thoughts on the iPhone

 

So I finally had the opportunity to play on an iPhone this past weekend, and it was an experience.  I wasn’t caught up in the hype  around the iPhone until recently when Apple posted some videos online about using the phone.  After viewing those, I decided that I wanted to play on one myself and [...]

QuickTime 7.2 Adds Full Screen Support

 

I, along with numerous other users out there, have complained about the lack of full-screen support in QuickTime player for years now. Especially since iTunes was updated for video support awhile back and you could watch videos in full-screen from iTunes, but not within QuickTime. You had to pay the fee for a QuickTime Pro [...]

Burger King Charges for Water

 

I went to Burger King this morning to grab a biscuit and a water, a cheap way to eat breakfast on the go, for about 2 dollars. However, it seems that Burger King is about to go bankrupt because the wonderfully cheerful voice informed me, “Are you aware that water is no longer free? It’s [...]

Widget Development: Starters Guide

 

I’ve been pretty dormant here on the site recently, lavishly enjoying the summer weather, friends and all that, so now that we’ve said that, let’s move on. In the July edition of macCompanion, I wrote a simply marvelous article for anyone who has ever wondered what went into creating a basic widget for Dashboard in [...]

NewsLife 1.0 Released

 

I was amazed at the interface and reliability of Newsfire about 2 years ago. Now, the product is starting to show its age and the lack of feature additions in the updates doesn’t help matters. So, as of late, I have been on the lookout for a new RSS reader. I gave Newslife a spin [...]